I think Runic would be better off developing a new game than going for the console port. The game’s strength lies in the mods.

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Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:13:51 +0000http://www.vg247.com/?p=405482#comment-534383As nice as it is for console owners, I just can’t imagine it sold that well. First, it’s an indie game, and those don’t seem to have the market there; and secondly, it didn’t have any of the vast amount of mods that add so much more life and length to Torchlight.

Looking at the Steam Workshop right now, it’s kind of obvious why this is true. I think anyone interested in Torchlight II would be better off getting a netbook or low end PC on the cheap and playing it that way.

I’m really looking forward to the day we get open platform consoles. Modding on the PC continues to be amazing. Even the recent Saints Row IV has had no end of fixes and mods.

I’m just longing for that to happen, really.

It sucks for console owners that they can’t enjoy it, and it’s really just the greed of Sony and Microsoft that gets in the way of that, because they want to gate and control everything for their own profit. The sooner the Steam Box happens, the better.

Nothing against consoles, I’ve always liked them (since the 8-bit era). Just saying that the lack of an open platform console sucks for console users because it means no mods.